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COMBINED LAMP AND CIGAR CUTTER.

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No. 384,881. Patented June 19, 1888.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

OTTO VOLKMANN, OF KtjPENIOK, NEAR BERLIN, ASSIGNOR TO WILHELM FISCHBAOH,OF BERLIN, GERMANY.

COMBINED LAMP AND CIGAR-CUTTER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 384,881, dated June 19,1888.

Application filed December 252, 1887. Serial No. 258,709. (No model.)Patented in Germany July 3, 1885, No.35,669; in Austria- HungaryNovember 7, 1885, No. 40,681 and No. 16,965, and in England March 27,1886, No. 4,313.

To aZZ whom it 11mg concern:

Be it known that I, Or'ro VOLKMANN, asubject of the King of Prussia,residing at Kopeniek, near Berlin, in the Kingdom of Prussia, GermanEmpire, have invented new and useful Improvements in a Combined Lamp andCigar-Cutter, (for which I have obtained patents in Germany, dated July3, 1885, No. 35,669; in England, dated March 27, 1886, No. 4,313, and inAustria-Hungary, dated November 7, 1885, No. 40,681 and No. 16,965,) ofwhich the following is a specification.

This invention has for its object to provide a' novel and efficientcigar-cutter and lamp; and it consists in the combination of deviceshereinafter described and claimed, reference being made to theaccompanying drawings, in which Figure 1 represents a front elevation ofa device embodying my invention. Fig. 2 is a vertical section thereof inthe plane :0 m, Fig. 4. Fig. 3 is a side view of a portion of the same.Fig. 4. is a section in the plane y y, Fig. 1. Fig. 5 is side elevationof a modification. Fig. 6 is a vertical section thereofin the plane 00:0, Fig. 5. Fig. 7 is a similar section in the plane y 3 Fig. 6. Fig. 8is asectional elevation of another modification.

Similar letters indicate corresponding parts.

In the drawings, the letter a designates a reservoir for receiving aninflammable liquid, such as kerosene. To the upper end of the reservoir,which is provided with a threaded nozzle, as usual, is secured acasing,.b, containing the operating mechanism. The wicktube 0 extendsthrough the casing 1), its upper end projecting above the same. It issteadied near its upper end in a boss, 6, on the casing, and also by thewalls of the same near its center portion. The height of the wick isregulated by any suitable feeding device, such as a shaft andspur-wheel, f.

g is asleeve which loosely surrounds the upper portion of the wick-tubec and can move in the direction of its length. When the upper edge ofthe sleeve is below the edge of the wick-tube, the flame reaches itshighest point; but as the sleeve is moved upward the height of the flamediminishes. To the sleeve is afver k can turn about a pivot, z,securedin the casing, and is adapted to helengaged by a projection hereshown as in the form of a pin, m,

which extends laterally from a horizontal.

shaft, d, extending through the casing b. When the shaft is turned inthe direction of arrowl,

Fig. 2, by means of the handle at thereon, the

pin m thereon engages the lower arm of the lever 10 and turns the leverabout its pivot, thereby causing the sleeve 9 to be lowered, andconsequently the flame burns brightly. The handle being released, theshaft is returned to its normal position, Fig. 2, bya spring, a, and thelever is returned to its normal position by a spring, Z, so that thesleeve 9 is again raised to the position shown in Fig. 2.

The motion of the shaft d is limited in either direction by stops 1' andg on the casing, which are in position to be engaged by a stop, 8, onthe shaft, Figs. 1, 3, and 4. In one of the stops 1' on the casing is anadjusting-screw, 25, whereby the movement of the shaft d,andconsequently the upward movement of the sleeve y, can be limited. Thepin m in the shaft is also adjustable in the direction of its length forthe purpose of controlling the downward movement of the sleeve.

The shaft (1 is in connection with a suitable cigar-cutting device. Inthe example shown in the drawings the blade or cutter o isdirectlyaflixed to the shaft and can rotate within a tubular casing, 10,having suitable apertures for the introduction of the cigar-tip.However, I do not wish to restrict myself to the form of cutter hereshown.

It will be noticed that simultaneously with the cutting off of thecigar-tip the sleeve g on the wick'tube is lowered and the flame isincreased to facilitate the lighting of the cigar.

In Figs. 1, 2, 3, and 4 the wick-tube is to one side of the center ofthe casing; but in Figs. 5, 6, and 7 it passes directly through thecenter of the same, and to permit this the shaft dis enlarged andslotted at right angles to clear said tube. In this case the enlargedportion 1) of the shaft (Z engages with the end of the lever 70. Thegeneral shape of the lever 70 and the spring Z are altered accordingly.

In Fig. 7 the spring u, which returns the shaft dtoits normal positionafter being turned, is in the form of a coil and is placed between thecasing b and the tubular casing 12 of the cutter, one end of said springbeing secured to the shaft and the other to the casing 19.

The stops r g on the casing,for confining the movement of the shaft (1to certain limits, are placedin the interior of the casing, Fig. 6, andin this case the pin m answers both to actuate the lever 7c and as astop for the shaft (1. Con scquently the stop 8 is dispensed with.

In Fig. 8 the crank-lever 7:, spring Z, and pin m are replaced by adisk, 11, secured to the shaft d, and having an eccentric slot, 10,therein, in which plays a rollerstud, 00, secured to the end of the rodh. By turning the shaft in the direction of arrow 2, Fig. 8, the sleeve9 is drawn downward, and vice versa.

I am aware that a cigar-cutter has been attached to and operated by theplug of a gascock; but this I do not claim.

WVhat I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. The combination, with a wick-tube and a sleeve surrounding the upperend of said tube and movable thereon in the direction of its length, ofa lever, 70, connected with said sleeve, a shaft, (1, having aprojection for actu= for limiting the movement of the shaft andcontrolling the upward and downward movement of the sleeve,substantially as described.

3. A cigar cutter and lighter consisting of an oil-reservoir, a casing,b, and having a projection mounted thereon, a wick tube passed throughsaid casing, asleeve surrounding the upper end of said tube and movablethereon in the direction of its length, a lever connected with saidsleeve and inclosed in the casing b, a shaft, 01, mounted in the casingb to actuate said lever, and a cigar-cutter connected with and actuatedby said shaft, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in thepresence of two subscribing witnesses. V

OTTO VOLKMANN.

Witnesses:

GUSTAV HiiLsMANN, B. R01.

